The Soviet Paradise

The Soviet Paradise (German original title "Das Sowjet-Paradies") was the name of an exhibition and a propaganda film, which was organized by the Reichspropagandaleitung of the NSDAP and was displayed in the big cities of the Reich and occupied countries: Vienna, Prague, Berlin and others. Its goal was to show "poverty, misery, depravity and need" of the nations in the Soviet Union under Jewish-bolshevik rule and thus to justify the war against the Soviet Union.

From 8 May[1] to 21 June 1942 the exhibition was in the Lustgarten in Berlin and according to official information, 1.3 million people visited the show. On May 18 a Jewish-Communist resistance group called "Baum-Group" organized an arson, that only caused little damage. At least 33 people were executed.[2] A short propaganda film was created to supplement the exhibition.

References

  1. ↑ Kallis, A (16 December 2005). Nazi Propaganda and the Second World War. Springer. p. 80. ISBN 9780230511101.
  2. ↑ Granata, Cora Ann; Koos, Cheryl A. (2008). The human tradition in modern Europe, 1750 to the present. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-7425-5411-5.


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